This is the one and only time Ascension will be listed at $0.99, so take advantage while you can!

I’m thrilled to share Ascension with you.

Unlike the other books in the Universe Eventual series, Ascension is a “stand alone” prequel to Chimera that could be read before or after the main series.

Here’s the synopsis:

Halfway between Earth and a distant colony planet, the Chimera’s navigator dies in mysterious circumstances. The artificial intelligence that makes faster-than-light travel possible rejects all her backup navigators, including Navigator’s Assistant Samuelson. Something has corrupted her, and unless Samuelson can figure out what, all 40,000 colonists and crew aboard the ship will die.

The Chimera tasks NA Samuelson with locating a new navigator by testing every person on the ship using criteria that don’t seem to make sense. Working with his talented girlfriend Amaya, Samuelson does as the Chimera asks, while also trying to find the source of the fault in her system that caused her to reject her backup navigators.

With the ship in limbo, social order begins to break down. The corporate interests who paid for the journey institute martial law to preserve order. As Samuelson and Amaya close in on answers about what happened to their ship and navigator, a brutal coup d’état erupts, engulfing the ship in chaos.

Working against the new, self-appointed captain of ship, Samuelson and Amaya discover a dark presence at work on the ship, one intimately connected to Samuelson’s past. Only by overcoming his personal demons can he save the Chimera, and in turn, his wife and unborn child—if he doesn’t lose his sanity, and all hope for the Chimera, in the process.

Bonus: Leave a Review & Get Swag

Be one of the first people to leave a review on Amazon and I’ll send you a signed, limited-edition 5×7 cover art print. If you’re one of the first 25 reviewers, you’ll also be eligible to receive one of several other awesome prizes:

1 Universe Eventual giftpack including a signed copy of all 4 Universe Eventual books, a signed copy of Clones: The Anthology, and a signed & framed 8×10 Ascension cover art print.

1 8×10 signed & framed Ascension cover art print, and a signed copy of Ascension.

Chimera is the first book in the award-winning Universe Eventual series by N.J. Tanger

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We’ve committed to creating an N.J. Tanger Blog.

It’s long overdue.

We’ve had a webpage for some time. Facebook. A rarely-used Twitter account.

However, we’ve lacked a place to post thoughts on the creative process, progress on our next book (CERES comes out May 2016!), and keep everyone informed on what N.J. Tanger (Nathan, Josh, and Rachael) are up to.

So today we created a blog.

Just for you.

Hard at work. Or at least Nathan is working. Rachael is reading (the group’s true introvert) and Josh is trying to figure out Nathan’s funky monitors.

All three of us will post here every month. We’ll also feature interviews with other artists, and in particular, other writers. We’ll also field questions ourselves, and post regular updates on CERES and our other writing projects.

Speaking of which…

What happened to ASCENSION?

You may have noticed I (Nathan) haven’t put out an new episode since Thanksgiving. That’s because I ate so much turkey I fell into a food coma and only woke up on Monday.

Not really.

Truth is, I got in over my head with trying to write a weekly serial, and finish off CERES. Something had to give, and getting out book III took priority. That said, I will finish ASCENSION this year. It should come out soon after we release CERES in May.

So hang in there. I won’t leave Ashley’s story unresolved. I promise.

Next week we’ll have a cover reveal for CERES!

We’ll also post a sneak peek of chapter 1 and drop some hints about where the story heads next. We’re all really proud of this one and can’t wait to get it into your hands.

And next month we’ll kick off our interview series, starting with one of my favorite hybrid (traditionally published + indie) authors, Tash McAdam. I read Tash’s novella SLAM a year ago and loved it. Tash has got talent in spades, and I can’t wait to dig into story craft and world building with them.